Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Moreau, Gabriel Francois a French prelate, was born at Paris September 24, 1721. Descended from a lawyer’s family, he became council scribe in the Parliament of Paris, and was in 1737 provided with a sinecure canonship in the metropolitan church, but rapidly rose to distinction, and in 1759 was made bishop of Vence. In 1763 … Continue reading “Moreau, Gabriel Francois”

Morea SEE GREECE, KINGDOM OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

More, Thomas, Saint Saint, knight, Lord Chancellor of England, author and martyr, born in London, 7 February, 1477-78; executed at Tower Hill, 6 July, 1535. He was the sole surviving son of Sir John More, barrister and later judge, by his first wife Agnes, daughter of Thomas Graunger. While still a child Thomas was sent … Continue reading “More, Thomas, Saint”

More, Thomas (1478-1535) Lord chancellor of England. One of the leading humanists along with his friends Colet and Erasmus. He was beheaded for his refusal to recognize the king as the head of the church. In his classic, Utopia, he has left a vision of an Ideal state in which war and all glories connected … Continue reading “More, Thomas”

More, Sir Thomas the noted chancellor of king Henry VIII of England, celebrated for the part he played in the political and ecclesiastical history of his country and for the philosophical views he espoused, was the son of Sir John More, one of the justices of the Court of King’s Bench. Thomas was born in … Continue reading “More, Sir Thomas”

More, Paul Elmer An American literary critic and philosopher (1864-1937), who after teaching at Bryn Mawr and other colleges, edited The Nation for several years before retiring to lecture at Princeton University and write The Greek Tradition, a series of books in which he argues for orthodox Christianity on the basis of the Platonic dualism … Continue reading “More, Paul Elmer”

More, Henry Great-grandson of the martyred English chancellor; b., 1586; d. at Watten in 1661. Having studied at St. Omer and Valladolid, he entered the Society of Jesus, and after his profession, and fulfilling various subordinate posts in the colleges, he was sent on the English Mission where he was twice arrested and imprisoned (1632, … Continue reading “More, Henry”

More, Helen (DAME GERTRUDE.) Benedictine nun of the English Congregation; b. at Low Leyton, Essex, England, 25 March, 1606; d. at Cambrai, France, 17 August, 1633. Her father, Cresacre More, was great-grandson of Blessed Thomas More; her mother, Elizabeth Gage, was sister of Sir John Gage, Baronet, of Firle, Sussex, lord chamberlain to Queen Mary. … Continue reading “More, Helen”

More, Hannah one of the most brilliant female ornaments of Christian literature, was born at the village of Stapleton, in Gloucestershire, February 2, 1745, and was the daughter of a clergyman of the Church of England, a man eminent for his classical attainments, and at that time employed as a village schoolmaster in charge of … Continue reading “More, Hannah”

More, Alexander a very noted preacher of the French Protestants, who flourished in the 17th century in France and Switzerland, was born at Castres, Languedoc, September 25, 1616, of Scottish parents. He received his preparatory training under his father at Castres, and went from home at the age of twenty to study divinity at Geneva. … Continue reading “More, Alexander”